Another Rookie

The Bucks have announced their 11th signing, and their seventh rookie, for the upcoming season in "top prospect" Ryan Fuller.

Fuller, a 20-year-old forward from Morgan Hill, Calif., spent the past four seasons playing junior hockey for the North American Hockey League's Texas Tornado. Here is his profile from that team's Web site.

At 6-foot-3, 215 pounds, Fuller is certainly another sizable forward. His stats from the past two seasons are not on HockeyDB, but the Bucks' press release says he played in a total of 213 games with Texas, scoring 66 goals with 53 assists. The team made the playoffs in each of his four seasons there.

Today's a bit busy, as it is our deadline for high school football tab stories, but I will have more on Fuller as soon as I can.

For now, here is a list of previous NAHL alumni who are playing/have played in the CHL, which includes former Bucks forward Jeff Genovy.

UPDATE: Here is Fuller's Poinstreak page, which lists his stats from the 2007-08 season. His penalty minutes (114) saw a bit of an increase from 2005-06 (77), but I'm not sure where they were at in 2006-07. The -14 plus/minus is a little suspect, though.

ANOTHER UDPATE: Here is his previous Pointstreak page. Apparently, the 2007-08 season is separated from the others for some reason. The 114 penalty minutes were certainly a jump from 56 in 2006-07. Five game-winning playoff goals for a team good enough to win two championships certainly isn't a bad stat to have.